I discovered the Bigger Pockets website several months ago and became really excited about all the great information that is being shared on the topic of succeeding financially using Real Estate. Since then I started ...

Hello everyone, This is my first post on Bigger Pockets. My focus is working with Accredited Investors to help defer capital gains. I get asked often about the difference between DSTs and 1031s, so I wrote up this qui...

Hey Everybody! **Posting in this thread as "Getting started" didn't generate the replies I was looking for.
Brief intro: while I was in the Marine Corps, I found BP and started absorbing as much info as possible. I s...

Hello, All. New BP member here. Hope to contribute as much as I take away from this site eventually. With that being said...Want to get into retail real estate development in the Midwest. I've been watching and studyi...

Hey BP!I am in the middle of closing on my first deal. It was formerly a large single family that was changed into a 2 family. We are pretty much at the end of the process. Inspection done. Mortgage is approved. Title...

I'm new to biggerpockets.com and iv'e been watching bigger pockets podcasts since Feb 1, 2017, gathering information on investing in rental property. I have a mortgage broker that's helping me obtain my first rental, ...

Christmas dinner with the family. Talked with my uncle. He has a rental that used to be his primary residence. He bought it in the mid 80's for 175,000, paid off. It's now worth about 650k(no equity extraction). He re...

Hi All!,I'm hoping there is some guidance on where I'm at right now. I'm ready to pull the trigger on purchasing my first investment property and feel like I am stuck at the infant stage of analyzing the market I have...

Bought our first out of state rental property in Wichita Kansas.  Seeking property manager and wondering what suggestions there are for finding the right company.  I'd like to continue to grow in this new area.  

Hello everyone!I am new (obviously) and looking to get involved in real estate investing as I'm sure you could guess. In particular, I think I am most interested in fix & flip or buy and hold, but for the moment I...